The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, December 07, 1882, Image 1
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
NO. 11.
FBA1TK P BEARD, Publiaher.
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VOL. X.
CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1882.
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Ylattlag *pd AddreaaOanU, PuslnoMOarte U>|?
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Work done In Bronte, lUxL, Blue ana Blit^ \
Tbe public must remember that the beet Is always
the cheapest. - i w*: jfe>.
We do work at Charleston Prices, and pyttMr
entire satisfaction to our patron*.
t i >?5
Wo keep constantly on hand tbe largest itMk ?i
Paper* and Cards lu town. ? *'"s
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"Sweet ohild of the enow-drift, to tenderly
simple, > s; )~\ f .
Bo tearfully sonny, eo modestly gey,
Whose frown in * moment gWee pleoe to e
dimple,
Whose smiles end whose teen meet in
megical wey,
Why bringest thou blossoms my gateway to
gttlend,
Why sprendeeta verdurous sheen at my
? Vkleefci'.; ? ,h
Why makest the meadows a marvolooo alar
land,
My oomlng with undisguised rapture to
greet?"
"Oh, Juno-like summer, yet oouched on thy
roses,
Whose sweet-eoented crimson awaits thee
; to fold,
I oome from the bloom that the apple dis
close^
To fet^h thee from winter thy heirloom of
gold. ' \
He m^de me the cradle in which I lay cot
ered? >?
Thy soft southern breath blew the oorer
away; # '
Behind me, before me, lore etsr has horered,
And I love's reciprocal law bqt obey."
?Mary D. Dodge, in lAppincott.
^UPP AND TIPP.
Heavens, Tiff, why inOt
Well, then, go to the i
^ThiS^ttw deuce Am I 4*
account*
.whew
fold of heir
: the hand.
Ing fixedly
u* can it make," said
(fcy, X mean? Bomtv
a. Perhaps you havo
quit^Jtfny
[>eorAe xvh about
a do taKcing i?o ranch
iMmtiar ?
ynine," Thwaite mur
lat aro wo tb do for
i his
Who wore they ? They were Mr. and
Mrs. Thwaite, and had been so for a few
weeks only. They became Huff and
Tiff when they married.
Although thoy were well-to-do citi
zens of great New Lancaster, they had
not been married grandly in clmrch,
because they were so young; and if the
truth must out, it had been a runaway
match. Noono could understand why
they had run away, as the opposition to
their marriage had been moro of. a post
poning character than anything else;
but Mr. Thwaitohad suggested that the
former Miss Foatherly had too littlo
money for hia son's intended wife.
There had been a stormy sceno, in
which the two vessels, old and young
gentleman, had come into collision,
atnld claps of thunder. Is it necessary
to say more? No; surely all porsons of
twenty will see why young Thwaite
married precipitately, and flew with his j
charming wife into lodgings.
" Huff, dear, I'm all ready," said !
wife, entering the room.
8he was dressod for walking, it being
near dlnner-timo, and she wore her
bending spring hat and her clinging
buff gown. Her teeth glinted, her eyes 1
darkened, as sho looked down at her
husband, who had boon reading a novel
of Victor Huso, u jb, .
i Thwaite glancod up, stretched, sf rang
I to hisfpet and bustled About, getting
hfiT/h<g^e&cane. Then ho clap/*** |
his side scientifically: -
"You havo yoiMr purse?"
"Yes," says .he. "You have your
parasol ?"
"Yes," says she.
\ Thoy wen^arid had their dinner.
Thwaito had been silent all the way
home from the hotel restaurant. When
they got baok to their pretty parlor he
sank into a chair and stared before
him fixedly.
"What's the matter?" asked Tiff,
catching sight of Bomothing unaccus
tomed about him.
"Oh, nothing, Tiff. Don't trouble
yonrself about Ft. Only ? " his lips re
mained open, but no words followed.
" Dearest, ;havo you fallen ill?"
"No; partly, though. I have fallen
into ill luck. I thought I had ?some |
money in an inner compartment of my
purse, and ? it is not there J"
5 "You've spent it?"
"Certainly not 1 That is, I suppose
X must hatfe.'*- .
" And what have you in the outside
oompartmenta of your purse?" asked
Tiff, la/ily fanning herself and putling
her two dainty feet oft the hafesook. ?
The only answer Thwaite seemed
lively to make was to begin feeling of
all his pockets.
u Hey?" said Tiff.
41 Why, none there now," answered ]
Thwaite, shortly, as if of ootlrse he
lyWi't . . :
"Good gracious I'' said Tiff, taap
w her bracolet, " how unusual, isn't
"Why, yes, that'll what troubles me ;
I nover was mit of cash in all wy life
! #' " Aren't t?re such
mm
.'?'I should think i
haven't ap&|rt)otit in
".There are /?o
do you cash your chi
" When I havo the
going to the man
? " I cash 'em i
>if you
heck'to
?#
morning he had realized that he must
find work. What did work mean to him?
A fine walk, at least ; gloves, cane, re
freshments, diplomacy ; a governor
with the money, a dread of being sent to
Europe.
Tiff was as fresh as a rose the next
day. 8h? popped her head out of the
window and sniffed the air. .
| "How perfectly sweet it Is this morn
ing I* said she. " I mean to wear my
gray linen."
" Where are you going?" asked Huff.
Sho turned. slowly and gazed at him.
"Oh, yes, I do remember now. No
breakfast 1"
. " It is too, too cruel, my love," says ho,
leaning against anything he could find,
in despair.
" But I shall go to a place or two of
business I know of and get something
profitable to do at once. Upon my
word I will soon be back, fully
equipped for a hearty lunch. As ypu
say, nothing serious can befall two
happy young beings like you and me."
Off he wont into the sunshine, and
Tiff eat down demuredly, curious to
find out what would happen next. *
Sho had to wait till evening for that
"next thing," unless a series of strange
phases of feeling could be counted as
interesting. ? It was then that Huff
Thwaite burst into the room, his face
gleaming whitely In tho dim light.
" Tiff T oh, Tiff I"
She did not answer, but in a moment
slowly raised herself from tho sofa, her
hand to. her forehead.
"My child, are you famished?" ex
claimed her husband, with glistening
eyes. ? ?
" Only ? very ? dizzy,'.' whispered Tiff,
faintly, winking rapidly, and panting
in the greatest trouble. "Where am I?
What have we been doing?"
" Oh, my dear, I havo been up and
down tho city all day, finally securing a
capital connection with father's rival
insurance company, but, by the beard
of Moses! I havo had nothing ,but a
glass of wine and a biscuit since last
evening. As soon as I was fairly
launched in business this afternoon, I
realized that of coureo I could hot ex
pect to rocelve any cash the first day,
and I became almost wild with anxiety.
Yet it was Imperative to smile. Do you
not know that it is imperative in busi
ness to smllo?"
" 1 don't care if it Is," retorted Tiflf,
With some show of life. "And you
'should caro moro that I am very, very
111. I havo read Hugo until I am as
hungry as a giantess."
" But, Tiff, I havo one profound hope
In this terrible dilemma, in which it
now seems as if wo should literally
starvo unless my hopo proves well
grounded. Havo not you any money ?"
Mrs. Thwalto throw her head back
.dflJntUy, .shrugged 4wmp .aHrmMora
"tuockery, hei^ palo lips smUJnSkher JIM
tMus vcwxAincAitf scornfully over her
Xff&Dand's head. ?
" Do not keep mo waiting for your
answer," he cried, kneeling before her.
V Why, certainly I have money,"
answerod sho. "How could I have pin
money elso? Huff, you are beyond
your depth, I think."
" Bravo 1 we aro savod 1" oxclalmed
Thwaite, springing up and waltzing a
few steps with his cane. Then stop
ping he asked: "Howcomo you not to
montlon It at once last evening? Give
mo your purso without delay, dearost
Tiff, and let us start at once for our
pretty little table at tho restaurant."
Tiff walked over to tho encouraging
figure In the middle of the room, her
hands behind her sloping waist.
" Huff Thwaite," she demanded, "do
you mean to say you would use my
pin-money to support us?" t ?
" I say we're In a deueed fix, "and
any money would be rather acceptable.
Haven't you got pins enough? Or are
you in a condition to starvo anothor
twenty-four hours ?"
" Huff Thwaite, I never could have
beUcAwlij^ 1
" What I"
"That you could, not tako eare of
me." 8he began. to cry, and spent all
the tears she longed to shed during the
day, but would hot shed them because
Huff was taking care of her.
He Was wretchedly hungry. His
pulse was awfully hlgfi, or low, he dt<|
not know which; and as for his wif*
sho might die before morning for want
of an oyster patty. Upon the top of
these dire facts lay the purse in her
pocket or tipper draper. Ire ^as deeply
angered. Something whirled round in
hisiieart and sent the blood to his fore
head, and tie bit his lips before he know
that he was Inclined to. Ho sat down
in a bowed position, his thumbs in his
pockets. He heard tho light pattering
of a taring shower in the gathering
darkness, una he also heard his wife
feeling about 1( the next rOoirt, turning
a> key, and coming back - to- where he
gutkea. She said " Herd" dramatically.
He looked uti and sstf a pretty purse
before hi* "nose. The next instant Tiff
Thwalto was looking at hor husband in
blank disunity' Huff had risen with a
bitter and graceful elegance, and the
Sutse had skimmed through a pane of
tie wihdow with a tinkling crash.
Tift turned to the sofa and threw
herself down at .full length, gloriously
wretched*^
Huff vanished. He wont out into, the
drlr/ling rain to hunt, for the purse.
He struck matches that sizzled, and
was several jftnfa on tho point of being
run ovor by vohlcles, and there is
scared/ any doubt that his n isfortunes
Were further augmented by the use of
wogris after which the faithful historian
dffcws an exdamatlon mark and sup
Klles by a blank. All in a moment,
owevor, he thought he had stepped on
a mottsC, and Jthen he kticw that he
. had oomo tf^on the plush wallet, in
hall lis opened itlhastlly^oxpectlng
to find perhaps a few gold pieces ; but
his luck was far better than he had ex
pootcd. What could Tiff have j been
thinking of to forget al>out it or with
hold ftj dear Mttlo goose! How could
her charming ghost have profited by
Iter pin-money, supposing they had
both starved?
.tin a couple ot hours more
tirodfcohd hftd gono
" ?!*"? hM"1 me flTedoUare." '
#ll Certainly, Tiff. But. on second
remember how careful we
must be for a month."
i? " ^ you w?uld reflect that tho
laundress must be paid."
<.i T?Ph*. We 8Pend money in so lay
wait."?7 ** Ht p] reaent' She. m
Well, says the blooming wife, un
concerned ono way or the other ?? I'M
go and send her off."
l0ft tho rooni an(l did not return
for five minutes. Then, after sitting
down again and reading a few pages o?
Rmrno^r0i7n/nff' Bho Iookod up with a
JSS? !oni? ^oke' which was in
hiS I ?? u, the circumstances, " I
had to give her the clothes," said sha
(^d Did you? I thought you always
? 1 ^n\ .of cour?e. the laundried
ones she had brought."
" Weren't thoy just right ?"
? ? JO?*' yi?U Hro Siting obtuse. She
twK them in payment."
" Mercy I"
"I can make my things last just
about a month that way."
??n 1 m"nngo with only
twenty-four shirts, and at least sevon
thrown to tho dogs a week ?"
T I ir T ?/-? ? d0e8 1 8eem a Pr?hlem," mused
Tiff, laying down Mrs. Brownings
poomB temporarily on her knfe.
Couidn t you buy a flannel shirt and
wear it ever so long ?"
' Couldn't you get a bathing-dress?"
? cftflm Hu"' wltl' withering^.
al4sarfi?P0dr"r'"h0W *****
Suppose tho quarrel over, and for a
anyeplslXint0m6 P<!aCe- Then
' Well, dears, how do you do ?" Tho
mornlfwrnlr " 1?" ?,r1' with early
i unusual excitement.
war ? ** Tifr wore transfixed. Thoy
were just starting out for breakfast.
fln(t i??3 dotermined to And you in,
Tu camo at t,lls hour," went on
wmi i ? UIt Mistaken US a goSl
h^r of itnd/,?U'/inco P"Pa w?uld
dmnir el ? i? detective says you
drank" Ste/nberger Cabinet yester
"How dare you enter the samn
thundored Iluff, striding
up to his sister and taking her round
k,8S- " W? ignoro
Esthwaittinu^ room r ^claimed
tlion bending sido^l ??wiS'
bride's chot>k until cheek
"You dear I" ^ - hu^ Hps met.
braco?U l0V? ^ Tifr?
over agTrrtr.-gtrWhrg^i
all the show and importance,"
marked Esther, with tho most fascin
ating, lazy nonchalance. ? He said ho
never saw anything go off llko cotton
into flamos as you did, brother; just as
though any one was any more in love
with your Bessie Feathoriy than he
was. Ho don't remember forbidding
the marriage at all." B
" Please to tell my fathe^' said Huff.
l??kln8 down at his wife,
who held her chin in her hand, "that I
remember his forbidding it (or as bad
as forbidding it) very distinctly. And!
please add that from this time forthmy
father, yes, and all the rest of you, is?
are?dead to mo ]" * ^
i W0,rds th080' Wiu?" sighed
his sister* g anclng up with compressed
lips. "Don't you think so, Bessfo ?"
ii l lfffh?<)k her head and smiled.
Mr. Thwaite is never in the wrong,"
Swn'^r ,Ht,e "wkwW at
Ipi WE r?? ss IS
any longer just now. Huff said he
Would see hor home, and then reflected
that he could not very well carry out
?n,i. ?8ther uPon this ex*;
plained that she had come in tho oar
jrugh
?^t.Bhonider'?of
"lie callM, "if
<rIwish my .nk>ther would oomo
n6w, said Tiff, after tho door had bl6sed
upon her husband's buoyant Sllster?
who was also a school friend? and after
a pause, or something equivalent to
one. Huff had not descended to the
carriage with Miss Thwaite, for fear of
"Your mother is a woman, dear,"
*n*wered ThValte, as if that meaAt
something unusual, ? and It will take a
long time for hef to como round as my
father has done."
"But you areas unrelenting as you
eanb^?' suggested Tiff. *
Huff would like to have said that as a
yoUng husband he could not be othe?
might be too brilliant a revelation for
Tiff, he remained silent.
In the evening they were sitting, as
was customary, in the cheerful blue,
tinted room, lfuff feeling very oo*y and
aloof from the world and annoying rela
dv'. o?m
nation In the rival insurance office as lf
it wore a dream. ?
JPhe door was opened hastily, and a
flgtffe presented Itsolf which dashed
their, united calm to atoms.
w~* Esther, pale and trembling,
her ashen face emphasized by a black
veil around it, and over hor oolorod drees i
a heavy black shawl. Thwaite hurried
teller, and took hor unglovod hands In
yo x\ry 8htor 1 whftt hM to
. " Let me sit down or I shall faint,"
whisked Esther, dropping her head
against his arm. Thwffto ftd her to an
casy-chalr, and helped her down upon
its soft cushions. Tift* was alert in
the window, and then running
"? '$ side, finding her, however, a
faint, hor eyes looking rapidly
the other, as tho two sympa
|peoplo bent toward hor.'
,V,' sobbod Tiff,. ? has
Jble happened?"
?" said the whito-faoed
ifts, shutting her eyes,
father I" oried Thwaite,
and olutohing his
sister's hands In a firmer grasp. "What
news of Mm?" ?
"Dead r
The young couplo sank on either ade
of Esther, crushed and horrified. Wftb
out opening her eyes, Esther spoke in:
" When I told him how you received
his loving messages, brothor Will, tin
one moment ? "
Thwaite's distress was agonlziig.
Esther stopped speaking, opened fcjer
eyes, and leaned forward eagerly. }
" Was it right to bo so harsh and qp
yielding to your own fnther, "Will?" I
Her urother had withdrawn to tae
other Bido of the room, bis face burifd
in his arms against the wall.
" Oh, Esther, have wo no hope?" TflT
sobbed.
" Why, yes, thero is hope in this case,"
Miss Thwaite said, in a different tonK
Will Thwaito turned, his face covered
with tears. "You said it, brother, and
you can undo it. Dead to you J"
Esther had played a dangerous game,
but she was a determined girl and felt
equal to the emergency. Iler strong
presence and sound good cheer buoyed
up the two victims of her scheme, and
enabled Thwaito to recover from tht
shock ho had undergone. \ ?
8he drow a letter from her pocket
which had been written by Will's eldei
brothor In Chicago to his father upon
hearing of the runaway match. lie
praised Will up to the skies, and dei
f lared that any girl ho choso must be a
priceless jewel, whether sho possessed
any or not, and- he bogged his father to
do the handsome thing by them both.
" And so," concluded Esther, " papa
wants to give you a magnilicent recep
tion."
Sho had thrown aside her black
drapery, and dusted the powder from
her cheeks with a flourish of her scented
handkerchief, and nov^ ran to tho parlor
door and called " Johnl" in a business
like way. In another instant a walk*
ing hill of flowers eft, ,rged from the
shadows of the entry, a ijl John, In dark
green cloth and silver buttons, set two
huge baskets of flowers upon the carpet.
" Papa sent them to you, Bessie, with !
his love," says Esther. " And I shall
soon be hero again, shall I. not?"
" Oh, dol" answered Tifif, hiding her
face on Huff's shoulder with a twining
of arms.
"Give our love to the goverogtfd
roared Huff, flushed, grinning, jubl^^H
Esther laughed merrily, caught?
her black drapery anil ran downstaSj
followed by John, with a, eontorti^B
about his lips. ? Rose- Jul Lathrop,
Harper's Weekly. b
A 1
"Yob," ajfud a well-to-do buainesw
gentleman of Atlanta* Ga,, to a Con* I
stitrUion representative, "that buffalo'
F" Then, you are not as sensible as 1
thought you wore," replied the reporter,
as ho eyed the buffalo robe spread unon
the floor. 1
" Sensible or not, I mean it. I have
been offered $100 and $200 for it re
peatedly, and once had an offer of $500.
See," continued "the speaker, pointing
to the fadedMeroglyphics on the inside
of the rober**hat was painted by a I
Sioux Indian artist seventy years ago,
and for many -winters kept warm the
body of one of the greatest chiefs that
tribe ever produced. That robe was his
treasure, and for it he fought and many
of his best braves died."
" That's a good speech and well de
livered, but it sounds like a snake
story," remarked the cedar shover, as
the gentleman paused, out of breath. '
. "No, it is no snake story, and I will
show you why I value that robe so
much. My father was a Georgian, and
when Georgia sent her soldiers to the
Mexican War he shouldered his gun
and- went along. From the time he
left home till the treaty of peaco was
signed he staid with his regiment, and
when at last he oame home that robe
was all ho brought With him. He put
room. To his family ^hTtoiS* how he
got it. One day during the war he
was scouting with a detachment of his
regiment and came upon a band of
Indians. A fight was the result,
and after a few volleys the In
dians retreated, or rather those who
tould <to so. Among the wounded
was an old chief, and when the soldien
came dp to Where he lay on the battle
field there was $ome talk of killing
him, for he was recognized as the most
heartless, oruel and fearless Indian on
the plains, but my father interfered
and from his own canteen put water
between the wounded chiefs parched
lips. But his wounds were mortal and
soon all knew that the cruel, heartless
chief was dying. Just before death,
he beckoned my father to his side and
by signs gave him that robe. That is
how It oame Into the family."
"And that is why you wouldn't take
$500 for it?"
"No, not exactly. When the late
war came on I enlisted, and when
my old fat h or sont my tricks to the
camp he sent that robe. I
did not want to take it, because
It was. 90 cumbersome, but when he
Insisted I yletfod. Woll,. I went to
Virginia, and while trotting around
after Stonewall Jackson, lost the robe.
I was greatly worried over my loss,
ahd used every oxertMrt to focover the
old robe, Everybody in my regiment
knew of the irobe, its history audits
loss, and every ono kept an eyo open
for it. Well, about the time of Cross
Keys aftd Port Repubiio fights, I
learned ono dav that my robe was in
Stonewall Jackson's tent; I went to
X m or
looked into tho tent, old Stonewall
was lying upon the robo. Finally I
mustered couragoto tell him of my
loss. He heard my story with patience,
and then said that the robe had been
brought him about a week ? before by
an Alabama soMIer. llo offered to sur
render it. but I couldn't take it and
told him to keep^Jt? at the same
time 1 . giving him its history? And 1
would get it after the war if he did not
J?*6 i ViuW e11' he kcI>t [t At the bat
tle of Chanccllorsvillo he received his
2f?th-wpund, and when ho died he
??sd ditfthe ral>e, an&Utytlieve some of
that red which lootol like paint is some
of the hero's Wood. After his dSEth
I claimed the robe, then doubly dear
to me, and sent it home. Now, would
you take $0,000 for it? lean prove
?r?7 word of my story true."
FIRM, GARDE* AND HOUSEHOLD.
(Irrulig Wm?m.
An ordinary farm wagon, one which,
while it may be used nearly every day
; for heavy hauling, is seldom driven
|. faster than the walk of an average
? farm team, should bo greased well
every Monday morning, as should bo
the cart; and by making a set time to
1 do it it will rarely be forgotten. A farm
wagon, a spring one, which goes to
mill, to market, and to divers other
E laces at an ordinary jog-trot, should
e greased after it has run forty or fifty
miles, according to the speed, while a
light carriage, being driven faster, and
having less surface or room for the
grease, should be greased after it has
run every thirty miles or so, always
wiping tho spindle clean and bright be
fore applying tho grease. For carriages
use only sperm or castor oil, and only a
few drops on each spindle; but for
heavy business or farm wagons uso tho
commons axle-grease, free from salt.
OteAipoilng Raw Bob*,
To decompose bono by means of
quickliiqo and sulphate of potash, tho
tones may bo placed in a pit and mixed
with a quantity of quicklime, enough
at least to envelop every piece of bono
in a quantity of lime. The sulphate
of potash is then dissolved in water,
and the solution carefully thrown
upon thelime, so that it is all absorbed,
and none is wasted. The bono and
lime may bo heaped above tho surface
and covered with leaves and earth,
and the solution may bo poured upon
the bono and lime through holes in tho
covering until tho wholo is moist. A
considerable $heat will bo produced,
which should T>e kept in by renewing
the covering of earth as it is burst
open by tho swelling of the lime. Tho
effect is.to form sulphate of lime and
acustic potash and to soften tho bono
so that after a few weeks it can bo
easily roducod to powdor. Tho whole
may then bo shoveled together and
mixed, making a valuable and con
venient and rich compost.
Fkra and Garden Note*.
Old orchards can bo
cessfuUy by
Vs
jtsoed
at any prlco
can be had for tho
norse, sheep* or pfg well
fed is more profitable than two kept
on the same ?niount noccssar/xo koop
ono well.
Charred corn * Ono of the best things
which can bo fed hens to mako them
lay,mt as a regulai diet, but In limited
quantities each day.
ExpM-ienco shows ?.hat tho farmer"
who r&Kes bia wheat, his corn, his
mules fjiA pork at home succeeds bet
ter than tho one who rai^a only one
article. \ \
PjrobahHno fruit is more vertaln or
more easllytorown than the alum, if
the slight la>or of jarring the tr*es and
destroying the curcullo is faithfully
attended to???iL '
Thin out sprints from trees whfro
new branches tyre not needed, espoclaby
on the trunk or near the ground. Ttii^
injury to tre? from leaving such
sprouts till fall Vt considerable.
A good nrepamion to ftark sheep
without injury tothe wool is said to oe
thirty largo, sppoifuls of linseed oil,
two puncee of lltmrgo and one ounce
of lamp black, all Boiled together.
Peed the stalkslof awoot com 1
milch oowa after t|*| ears have
ld sprinkle wiv?
owa farmer says
1E?
'' .diseases.
fWcoees,
pulled. Out th
meal and bran, _
they are worth tli<
crop. ' .
TO preserve u,
oat until it looks
the limb of ajfb
natural position 6n .
if the position lach.
will effectually frlgti
, Cut away promptly
pearanoe any lim|p .
pear and plum affect*
The pear may not be
slon will do no harm;
kept off the plunt?with .
if promptly attended to.
Don't forget to lay out -l
plot for tha- dlUldren an
them to raised* few plan
vegetables^ it matters not ,
ohudren can thereby be i
garden-work. Lpt them ha
of soil, good tools, and the '
market affords. The time
so spent will be well invested.';'
, The Garden Monthly sayi
only reoentlvbeen dearly dem
that a dead branch on a tree
aostas great a strain on .
ant for moisture as does a U
This is one of tho most impo
ooveries of modern botanical
the practical horticulturist, _
knowledge he oan save in any
able tree. Any dead branoh,
weak one, should be at once ci
Tho essontlals for getting al
good crop of potatoes, according
Country Gentleman, are a fr
well tilled, deep planting, at
of rank fermonting manures,
of good wood ashes, potash, si
ana plaster of paris -tho last up
time of blossoming. Then, with
oultuips and seasonable appllcati
part* green to the head of the
rado beetle, a profltablo return m
reasonably looked for.
The Live Stock Record saw*
horses is often brought oiv?fr tc**
hay passed tgfftugh coi^Wk out
mixed with meal, mid#nE? or b
then wet up. The hoi # this
thus prepared so rapit# that it is
proporhr masticated,#? oonsequen
beoomes so clodded# stomach
to sanse indiflrcstlo# followed by colin,
more oanesiafcA'Wrectly
ho is aikiir?flto drjnk heartily of wat/v,
and tWcolder this is so tnuch more ?
it/fablo to bring on Ooltc.
/There is no more healthful method <f
koepingthe Stables, shedsand penscte*
than to give them a good ooat 0f linp
'*! . . -v
seed the
money
Tt has
rat<^
:esal
main'
fon*'
dis
ceto
wash. The wash is easily and quickly
made as follows: Slake, bushel of fresh
lime in a pork or other barrel, with water
enough -to make a thick paste, after
which fill up the barrel with hot water,
and let it stand for a few hours. This
wash may be applied in various ways.
It may be spread upon the walls with a
large whitewash brush, and no pains
need bo taken to do a neat job. What
ever wash falls upon the floor in the
operation is not lost, but helps to
sweeten thestable or stall. The quick
est and most satisfactory method is to
u^e a force pump, by which the lime
wash can be thrown iuto every crack
and corner.
headed
Rwlnti.
Lemon Cream Cakes. ? One cup of
buttor, one and ono-half cups of sugar,
two and one-hnlf cups of flour, two
tablespoonfuls of baking powder, ono
lialf cup of milk, threo eggs. Bake in
layers and spread with a cream mado of
tho juice of two lemons, two-thirds of a
cup of sugar, one cup of butter, two
tablespoonfuls of flour, one egg.
Stewed Carrots. ? Boil tho carrots
until they are half done, then scrape
and cut into thick sliccs ; put them
into a stew pan with as much milk as
will hardly cover tlum, a very little
salt and pepper and a small quantity of
chopped parsley ; simmer them until
they aro perfectly tender, byt not
broken. - When nearly done add a piece
of buttor rolled in flour. Herve hot.
Sour Kraut. ? Thoroughly scald out
your barrels and tho cutter, tubs, etc.,
to bo used in making tho kraut. Strip
off tho outer leaves of tho cabbages,
halve them, romovo the heart and cut
as lino as necessary. Put some clean
leaves in tho bottom of tho barrel, |
sprinklo over thom a handful of salt, )
fill in a half bushel of tho cut cabbage j
and stamp gently with a pcstlo until
tho juico appears in it; then add another
handful of salt and moro cabbage, as
before. Proceed until tho barrel is full; j
then cover with cabbago leaves and
press down with a board just fitting in- J
sidOffitt^ top of tho barrel weighted
fifteen pound stone. I
* dace and removo to j
?f hard freezing
kraut Is fit
jarrol a
lull. ? In ^
nako brine enoug.
vould settlo down v..
jxj wv w* uv* j "mil ) ?.v..
ip again, and still a third
,ime, and then lit in a loose i/U v VJT.J !
ollower and put a stone on it to koop'>
ho picklos under brine. A forty^-gal
on barrel will hold from two thousand
lv>o hundrod to four thousand pickles,
iccording to tho size, and put up in
his way. I have Ktopt them two or
;hroo years. I think that thoy make a
nuch bettor and wholesome pickle if
ho juice is drawn out of them with
>alt than if mado up at once." ? Rural
Weio Yorker.
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
' The best wagon-maker in Walton
:ounty, Ga., Is totally blind.
A Hnake wbose entire body had be
iorno lignifled has been taken from the
mnk of a Brazilian tree.
In Coal Oteek, Fremont county,
3al., a solid lump of coal was mined
bLat weighed 18,000 pounds.
V^athan Briscoe, an Ontario farmer,
lied In fifteen minutes from the ef
fectii of a bee sting on the forehead,
? A drum manufactory in Massachu
setts, establiwhed, ip 1853, has converted
in ?*??*? 4viat time 80,000 sheep skins
^heads.
'daughter," common to all
.languages, means
'tyness to the early
,,.r water
. Color 1$ fonnd >q great
that resembles ricn wW. A
nutgall makee it finery
the year
of earth
In winter,
hi spring
bar
mo
J
lar saw Impractical
tise li^ftlsyfebout the slzo of a five-cent
plooe, being employed for cutting slits
In gold pens. They aro abdut as thick
as ordinary paper, and mako 400 revolu
tions per minute, this high spee<l keep
ing them rigid, notwithstanding their
extreme thinness. *
The northernmost place in the world
Shore rye And oats maturo is at Kengis,
the Swedish province of Norbotten,
forty-nine tnlles north of tho polar
circle, whereas the northernmost HjK>t
Where corn Is grown is at Muoniovara,
ninety eight, miles to north of tho circle.
The rye yields, It is stated, ninety-eight
per oent., and the oats about ninety.
, r A dentist in Philadelphia has for
iftome time successfully omployed a sim
ple method of producing anesthesia be
fjto removing troublescfrne teeth. He
/cqulteS the patlont to practloe during
weveral minutes short and rapid res pu
ration. The first effect is to mako the
liea<l feel a little full and confused, but
Don the sensibility is benumbed and
?o teeth can be pulled with comnara
voly little pain.? JV. Foot<?? ffMlth
ronfhty. .1; . ,.v '
Six oysters Is tho average daihr' con
sumption of every Inhabitant ofNsw?
York city* This is tho estimate of Mr.'
James W. Boyle, who has been , long in
J* e oyster trade. He says that the daily
Wsumptton of oysters in New York
?om September to May averages 20,000
^ M tliero are about 800oys->
mSt- Ul,'iel thl* wakes a total or
1,000 oysters dohsumed in that efty '
F fay. If this average htfds gtxfkj
'^ear round, the annual cotyffunp-*
oysters amounts to thf en*-'
tal of over two bifflana," K'>
J
*
m
TIMELT TOPICS.
It appears from a report roceivod at
the department of state from Consul
Baker, at Buenos Ayres, South Amer
ica, that some one in the United States
i is about to begin the experiment of
ostrich farming, which 31r. Baker
thinks would be perfectly feasible and
proll table.
Mr. Rufnfl llatoh, the wel!-!:uown
.Yew York capitalist. ha? recently re
turned from a ! rip through the North
west. lie took aeiirelul survey of that
vast and wonderful region of country,
and came to the conclusion that it is
the richest agricultural region in the
world, whose grain resources are beyond
the power of computation ?a vast em
pire of wealth, whose development has
. scarcely been yet begun.
Acting on the theory that tor every
house there is a skeleton in the closet,
a Paris swindler sent out a number of
| duplicate notes to this effect: " I will
I reveal all unless you send 100 francs
to J. L., Post Hestante, Puris." It
! was evidently a good day for skeletons.
At loast ten persons promptly sent the
i sum demanded, and the swindler was
i congratulating himself upon having
secured temporary allluence and a
i prospective fortune when the police
swooped down upon him.
; A noteworthy tact <>t the census sta
j tistics is the distribut ion of the sexes in
! city and country populations. In the
I aggregate of the nation the males ex
ceed the females by nearly a million ;
yet in the lift y largest cities there are
several hundred fewer males than fe
males The larger cities attract women
by the amount and variety of manu
facturing work they furnish, and to
this influence is added that of the roving
dispositions of men, leading them to
now places in scarch of the means of
livelihood.
The sales of public lands l>y the
United States government, for cash,
during the II seal year 1*80-81, amount- ;
oil to 1,578,617 acres. Tlio sales for 1
the llscal year 1881-82 amounted to |
3,699,899 aeres of agricultural lauds |
alone, to which should bo added sales ]
of 87,064 acres under the mineral land
" t and 166,055 acres under the desert
** ' ' and 7,194 acres of c.'al lands.
itead entry last yea; covered 1
Jt,. ? ? ?
ono it
ten years
fectly sane.
count of being _
mons, and becaust son to. < _
church wanted and took his wii
Scienco is to utilize the Washington
monument, Tho signal oflico expects
to have a permanent station at its
summit, and the officers say that obser
vation of the ai# and atmospheric
movements taken an altitude of 550
feet will be of greai^yalho. Observa
tions are taken, ovjetw^rse,
greater altitudes tlmh tms^but tho J
gradual slope of even tho> most pre- 1
cipitous mountains and tho pHsence of !
largo masses of rock near the observa
tory create surface currents, even on 1
mountain heights, and interfere with
tho study of tho phenomena of the
higher level of tho atmevphere.
A missionary in Japan mentions
among tho trials of his life tho inipos- j
sihility of securing privacy. Ho says: j
"At tho different hotels along tho way I
we wero only shut in by paper doors. !
Tired and almost frantic of being gazed !
at, wo am Still not alhrwed to remain 1
unseen. They tear tho paper and peep 1
through the holes; soon on ovtry aide
wo see eyes, eyes, eyes. Wo shrink w., "
tho corners of tho room; wo dp!
screens of each other; wo tiiajRc-1
backs; wo cover our fa<
sight and r c al 1 have
Mferitativea of tho Mexican gov
_ _?t in Washington aro informed
work Upon the now Moxlcan raft
; way system, connecting the city Of
Mfextco and the entire republic, will
now ho pushed forward rapidly. Tho
bontaqf th$ oomjmny we, guaranteed
by the republic of^MjUXlco, amtjtfo n>ll*
lion dollars worth of thdnthave recently
been ncgotiate<l In England. The road
Js now ready for the rails for a dis
tance of two hundred miles north from
the city of Moxico, and jd. this end the
rails will soon bo laid as far as Monto
rey. Jt is expected that the road will
bo completed and trains running froin
New Ydrk to the pity of Mexico *
about tho end of tho year 1883.
Estimates of tho wlia
United States vary fri
bushels to 570,000,0001
It is barely ten years,
wheat of the 1
fill tho granariei
twenty since otj|
serious, and
ago the sea)
od grain in
United Stat
ago of f>,6(
the ne>,</' 1
[quadrupled
twoaty fold.
I tho country
the Acreage
lrfjjow
'"'ft ??"in
Mexico hM
mm
By the Sea.
Tossing up and tossing down,
Billows blue and billows brown . n
Rocking restlessly.
Waste of waters weird and white,
Massed in multitudinous might
In the siuglo sou.
Gray and gold and amethyst,
In the wreaths and clouds of mist
Mirroring tiio sky.
Writhing waves and tireless tide,
As they inward rippling rido,
Singing lulluby.
Btrifo above but poaoo below ?
While Iho waves writhe to and fro,
Pitching as in pain ?
Soundilftw, stilluess, j>erfect peace,
Whore the olfishing currents cease,
Dreamy deaths detain.
Sobbing, songful, silent sea !
Musing on its mystery,
By tho shore wo sit.
Like these waves our life will be,
Till tho Lord for you and me,
Rule and quiet it.
? W. 17 olio way, Jr
HUMOROUS.
It is touch and go with ft match.
To wives ? Good grounds for a do
mestic quarrel ?thick coffee.
A number of stock speculators in
New York are making a bear living.
" I am laying down tho law," as tho
fellow said' when he Moored a coun
selor.
People say that blackberries are good
fur complexion; but who wants a black
berry complexion ?
If four farthings make aponny, h..?
many near thing* willj,ria?e a dollar?
? Waterloo Ubspw'r.'
It iii supposed that Adam set the
earliest winter fashion, sinco tho only
coat ho wore was a bare skin. ? The
Judge
Vox hunting at Newjxirt is liko
chasing an Alderneycow round a barn
yard and calling it a buffalo hunt. ? ?
Hartford Times.
Tis swoet to hear tho watch dog's
honest bark," sang Lord Byron. 'Tis
sweet, indeed. Just so long as he
barks ho can't bite. ? Saism Sunbeam.
Somo marry for love, snd somo f iff money,
And ?omo? tho Lord knows why ;
Some And the land of milk and honey
Borne nothing but drlud apple pie.
?Chicago Ctetk.
Some one once said: " Nothing is Im
possible to him who wills." Wo would
liko to seo that chap buihl a barrel
ick
ar? 1
llci muttered no lnvectlvo? but"
Jiift L'rlppud hln eyelids tighter shut; ?
And, ?!i tho world whiz/.cd past him then,
110 only knew his eraxy bono
Whs stricken? and ho hopped aealn,
? Hunt on Trauoeript.
Pminti has had a clever sketch, by
Charles Knene, of a farmer sufforlnj
from lurches <hf a i teamer as s
tho waves. ""Why doosn't the
keep in tho furrOw^" hodis
isks. '
Salt mackerel is a*
nen's clothing. It,
tended for wet
nackerel is always
jvercoat for keeping
ij/utte.
Professor II
if Uer rings in
X)0,000, Hofc
estimate ^
whether ho
itatement
I'ost.
A Now
rjrdinanco
within, its
rlijaining tfr
kind of^i to. He g?
iwisatfrf,' by "tlrainlnj
' j Statesman. . . .
When Mrs^lnaphor read a para
graph in her p'apor about the manufao- s
ture of " artificial flies," sho declared
that It was an outrage, and she hoped
that the polico would arrest the parties
engaged in tho workf because tho genu
ino Hies almost worried thelifoout of **
her. ? Norrtbtown Herald.
A salt mlno has just been discovered
In Austria which 1s believed to bo mora
than two thousand years old. It's a good
thing it was a salt mino; or It wouldn't
havo kept half so long. ^fctorrthere
are some silver mines in America, for
Aodtance, that haven't last
stjhrio months after
gave out. ? JIawkeptj
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